/* FieldInterface.hh -- Interface para a criação de novos tipos de
 * dados que podem ser passados para as mensagens
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2008, Diogo F. S. Ramos <diogo.ramos@usp.br>
 * GEAR - Grupo de Estudos Avançados em Robótica
 * <http://www.sel.eesc.usp.br/gear>
 *
 * This file is part of GEARMedula.
 * 
 * GEARMedula is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
 * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation, version 3 of the
 * License.
 * 
 * GEARMedula is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
 * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
 * General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 * along with this program.  If not, see
 * <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */

#ifndef FIELDINTERFACE_HH_
#define FIELDINTERFACE_HH_

#include <rpc/xdr.h>

#include <string>

enum FieldOperation
{
    FIELDOPERATION_ENCODE,
    FIELDOPERATION_DECODE,
    FIELDOPERATION_FREE
};

class FieldInterface{
protected:
    enum FieldOperation field_operation_;
public:
    FieldInterface( enum FieldOperation field_operation)
        {field_operation_ = field_operation;};
    virtual int ParseField( XDR * xdrs, struct FieldContainer * ) = 0;
};

#endif  // FIELDINTERFACE_HH_
